2016 Gala
Helps to Launch New $75M Campaign
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 The annual Educating for Justice Gala
sponsored by the John Jay College Foundation Board of Trustees raised
more than $800,000 - a record amount - and drew 325 friends and
supporters of the College. Net proceeds from the gala will support
scholarships and programs that help students achieve their academic
and career goals. Read
more...
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Commencement Spotlight Shines on
Class
of
2016
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 On Wednesday, June 1, more than 3,400
John Jay students became the College's newest alumni at the 51st
annual Commencement ceremonies, held at the Theatre at Madison Square
Garden. Read
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Annual Golf Outing Is an 18-Hole
Success
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 With the forecast of rain proving to
be a non-factor, alumni and friends hit the greens on June 16 for the
second annual John Jay College Golf Outing.
Held at Dyker Beach Park & Golf Course in Brooklyn,
the event raises funds for scholarships, stipends, internship and
other support for deserving and dedicated students. The golf outing
was chaired by David Pfeffer (B.S. '93), a Partner at Tarter Krinsky
& Drogin L.L.P. Read
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A Force for Good: Double Alumnus Wins
Fulbright Award to Study Deadly Force in London
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 Master's and doctoral alumnus James
Drylie, a retired police lieutenant and current Executive Director of
the Criminal Justice Department at Kean University, recently won a
Police Research and Criminal Justice Scholar Fulbright Award that will
take him to London this summer to continue his research on the police
use of deadly force. Read
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PRISM Alumnus Is a Scientific Rising Star
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 A full-color publication and an
insightful afternoon symposium on "Art and Violence in Latin
America Today" accompanied the May 5 opening of the newest
exhibition -"Basta!" - at John Jay's Anya and Andrew Shiva
Gallery. Read
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Prestigious Watson Fellows Program
Taps Three John Jay Students
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Three John Jay students - Alondra Cuevas, Cataydra
Brown and Jonathan Penuela - have been chosen as members of the 2016
class for the Jeannette K. Watson Fellowship program, the highly
competitive initiative that selects 15 New York City undergraduate
students and provides them with paid internships for three consecutive
summers. Read
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SEEK Marks a Half-Century of Enhanced
Opportunity
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The City University's SEEK Program - short for Search
for Education, Elevation and Knowledge - recently celebrated its 50th
anniversary as CUNY's flagship equal opportunity education program.
Founded in 1966 by an act of the state Legislature, SEEK has grown
from a small experimental initiative on the campus of City College
into a pillar of progressive admissions programs, providing increased
access to education for underprivileged and underrepresented minority
groups. Read
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Larry Cunningham (B.S. '97), a professor at St. John's
University School of Law, was recently appointed Associate Dean for
Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness. He recently concluded
a three-year term as Associate Academic Dean.
Paula Howell Anderson (B.A. '98) and Shauna-Kay Gooden (B.A./M.A.
'04) were both recently selected for The Network
Journal's annual "40 Under Forty Class." They will be
profiled in the journal's summer 2016 issue and honored at the 19th Annual
40 Under Forty Acheivement Awards Dinner on June 23. Anderson is a
Litigation Partner with Shearman & Sterling LLP, while Gooden
is Associate Counsel of the Metropolitan Transportation
Authority. Gooden is also president of the John Jay Alumni
Association's executive board. They both serve as trustees of the John
Jay College Foundation.
Hernando Martinez-Sacristan (M.P.A. '07, M.S. '08) recently
earned his Ph.D. in Public Administration from Atlantic International
University. He is the author of two forthcoming articles on the topic
of progress in medical geology, and is a frequent exhibitor at
national and sectional meetings of the Geological Society of America.
Teri Coaxum (M.P.A.'09) isa
contributing author to Soul
Sisters Devotions, a book by and for African American,
Latina and Asian women from the tristate New York area.
Soanny M. Sanchez (B.S. '13) previously assisted pro
se litigants in Bronx County Civil Court (Housing Part) and
now works in the Law and Regulation Department of Allstate
Insurance, handling cases that will be resolved by settlement,
resolution or mediation in Civil Court.
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